Some key changes have been made to this layout - the background of the contentarea container and center column are now both white, but most notably, we've used the "wild-card" selector to remove the margins and padding of EVERY element. Note that's collapsed the space between the paragraphs, and the list containing the links is against the side of the container.

The middle column is now set longest so the side columns no longer reach the footer.

By adding a graphic element that repeats vertically in the container that holds the columns, we have created the illusion that they do. Because the "faux element" colors exactly match the background colors of the side column divs, it's impossible to see where a div ends and a background color starts; each full-length column appears to be one solid color.

This template uses floats with the Aslett clearing method.